All Restaurants (Casual Dining) articles
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NewsHalal Guys target expansion
The Halal Guys has two more sites under offer as it plans to expand out of London and open sites across the UK.
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NewsSteve Richards to swap CDG for Parkdean
Steve Richards is to leave his role as chief executive of Casual Dining Group to take up the same position at Parkdean Resorts.
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NewsCasual Dining Group focused on developing new revenue streams
Casual Dining Group (CDG) is concentrating on developing new income streams such as delivery and digital, rather than boosting the size of its restaurant estate or launching new concepts, CEO Steve Richards told attendees at the Casual Dining Show yesterday.
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NewsBoojum lines up 10 new sites
Boojum, the Dublin-based burrito brand, has 10 new stores in the pipeline over the next six months across Ireland and Northern Ireland, MCA has learnt. The new openings will double the size of group’s estate from 10 to 20, and follows David Maxwell’s acquisition of the concept in 2015. Maxwell ...
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CDG to takeover Geronimo sites at Heathrow
CDG is to move into pub operations after winning a tender process to run two pubs within Heathrow Airport
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NewsSubway adds pulled pork to menu
Subway is introducing a limited edition pulled pork sub to its UK and Ireland stores for the summer as part of its ‘Stay Picky’ campaign
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Wrap it Up! to open CPU to grow London pipeline
Wrap it up!, the gourmet deli wrap concept, is on track to reach 50 stores by 2019 across central London as it is poised for growth with a “strong pipeline” of London sites, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsCEO exits Just Falafel
Just Falafel, the fast-casual chain, has made key personnel changes with co-founder Mohammed Bitar taking the role of chief executive following Fadi Malas’ departure to pursue other opportunities
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Bleecker St Burger takes first permanent site
Bleecker St Burger, the award winning street food concept, has secured its first permanent site at Spitalfields Market, London and is already eyeing growth
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Sourced Market to expand hybrid to ten in five years
Sourced Market, the hybrid casual dining-farmers market concept at London’s St Pancras Station, is looking to expand to ten sites in the next five years after securing £700k of equity investment, M&C Report has learnt
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Las Iguanas gains Vegetarian Society accreditation
Las Iguanas, the Latin casual dining concept backed by the Bowmark Capital group, claims to be the first casual dining restaurant group to gain Vegetarian Society accreditation
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Bite Me Pizza opens first site
New pay-as-you-go pizza concept Bite Me Pizza is opening its first site in west London this month and plans to roll-out a chain of affordable restaurants that will deliver pizzas using drones
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Clockjack amends lunch ahead of expansion
Clockjack Oven, the rotisserie chicken restaurant concept led by Jerry Goldberg, is changing its lunch offering to meet the workers’ lunch market before expanding the business later in the year with plans to take it nationwide
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Harrison caters for street food trend
Harrison Catering Services is entering the street food segment with a pop-up street food concept for its business and industry customers called Street Feast
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The Burger Joint looks for third site
The Burger Joint, an independently-owned Bristol burger restaurant is looking for a third site to open late 2014 or early 2015 and is considering expansion to Bath, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsGiraffe rolls out café concept
Giraffe, the Tesco-owned restaurant group, will open smaller café models of its restaurants at six Tesco Extra stores this summer at smaller stores that have high daytime footfall
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The Burger Joint opens second site
The Burger Joint, an independently-owned luxury burger restaurant, has opened its second site in Bristol
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America favours fast-casual dining
Fast-casual dining operators are gathering pace in the US and taking an increased market share from full service restaurants, with bakery cafes seeing the fastest growth in a segment worth £20.3bn
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Square Pie plans dual growth strategy
Square Pie, the gourmet pie shop chain, is looking to strengthen both its restaurant and wholesale pie business as part of a long term growth plan that will see it expand across the country
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Free range fried chicken concept opens first site
Bird, the free range fried chicken restaurant concept, has opened its first site in Shoreditch, London by husband and wife team Paul Hemings and Cara Ceppetelli, who want to elevate fried chicken